Topic: The CISO AI Agenda: Governing Enterprise AI Risk at the Board Level
Abstract: Artificial intelligence has rapidly transitioned from an emerging capability to a core enterprise dependency, reshaping how organizations operate, compete, and manage risk. For CISOs, this shift introduces a new governance imperative: AI risk can no longer be managed solely within technical domains—it must be elevated to board-level oversight where strategic, financial, and reputational impacts are defined.
This session explores how CISOs can construct and communicate an AI governance agenda that translates technical risk into board-relevant language. It examines the expanding risk surface introduced by AI systems, including model integrity, data exposure, third-party dependencies, regulatory uncertainty, and adversarial machine learning. As AI adoption accelerates, the speed and complexity of risk decisions increasingly outpace traditional security reporting structures.
Participants will gain insight into how to align cybersecurity strategy with enterprise governance frameworks, ensuring that AI risk is embedded into executive decision-making processes. The discussion also highlights how CISOs can effectively influence board priorities by quantifying AI-related exposure in business terms such as operational resilience, regulatory liability, and enterprise trust.
This session provides CISOs with a strategic framework for governing AI risk at the board level, enabling stronger executive alignment, improved risk visibility, and more informed decision-making in the adoption and scaling of artificial intelligence across the enterprise.
Key Takeaways:
- How AI is redefining enterprise risk at the board level
- The CISO’s evolving role as an AI risk strategist and advisor
- How to translate technical AI risks into business and financial impact
- Governance models for overseeing AI systems across the enterprise
- Approaches to managing model, data, and third-party AI risk exposure
- How to build board confidence in AI adoption through structured oversigh
Speaker:
Dewayne Hart, Speaker Agent | Hire Cybersecurity Speaker
Bio: Dewayne Hart is a cybersecurity strategist, author, and trusted advisor who helps CISOs and executive teams align security risk with measurable business outcomes. In an era where cyber threats evolve faster than most organizations can respond, Hart delivers the clarity, strategy, and leadership frameworks security leaders need to stay ahead.
His signature “Hacker’s Hat” philosophy challenges CISOs to move beyond compliance and think like adversaries — building proactive cultures of defense rather than reactive incident response. His approach bridges the gap between technical realities and executive decision-making, equipping leadership teams to treat cybersecurity as a core business priority.
A military veteran with experience across corporate America and the federal government, Hart founded Secure Managed Instructional Systems (SEMAIS) in 2014, advising global enterprises and federal agencies including PwC, Kaiser Permanente, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. His firm is guided by a singular mission: “Sustaining 360-Degree Cyber Visibility.”
He is the author of The Cybersecurity Mindset: A Virtual and Transformational Thinking Mode and Cybersecurity Leadership — How to Develop a Successful Mentality and Win — essential reading for security leaders navigating the AI era. He has inspired executives and practitioners at the National Cybersecurity Summit, Incyber Forum, and Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference.
His mission: build organizations that are not just defended — but truly cyber-ready.
